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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 14, 1994Cass County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at May 14, 1994, 10:25 PM CDT for Cass County, Texas. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 1994, 10:25 PM CDT (03:25 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1994, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Cass County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 14, 10:40 PM CDTTornado F0Hughes Springs, TXA brief tornado touchdown blew down some trees.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 84 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Longview/Gregg, TX at 00:00Z on 1994-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3217 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Longview/Gregg, TX at 00:00Z on 1994-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
3217 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
876 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
3.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSHV 150326
TORSHV
TXC067-150415-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1025 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...WESTERN CASS COUNTY
 
AT 1020 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT
INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR AVINGER TEXAS.
 
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST NEAR 30 MILES AN HOUR.
 
SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED DAMAGE SOUTHWEST OF AVINGER.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
 
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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 14, 5:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before
OKZ076-077-049-053-TXZ095-097-TXZ106>112-TXZ124>126-136>138-149>153-
166-167-ARZ050>053-ARZ059>061-ARZ066-ARZ070>073-LAZ001>027-142330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
530 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 1994

..BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER EAST CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 525 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED
A 20 MILE WIDE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL TEXAS THAT WAS
LOCATED FROM CENTER THROUGH APPLEBEE TO BETWEEN GRAPELAND AND CROCKETT
TEXAS. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THIS BAND WERE INDICATED 15
MILES EAST OF GRAPELAND...ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF NACOGDOCHES...
AND NEAR APPLEBEE TEXAS. THESE STRONG STORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS AND SPOTTY HAIL.

MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TO THE NORTH AT NEAR 15 MPH.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL OCCUR OVER EAST TEXAS THIS
EVENING...WITH THE ACTIVITY SPREADING INTO THE REMAINDER OF THE ARKLATEX
LATER TONIGHT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUED IN EFFECT FOR
PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN TEXAS WEST OF A LINE FROM TYLER TO
AUSTIN TEXAS UNTIL 1000 PM CDT. ALONG WITH THE THREAT OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OCCUR WITH THE
STRONGER STORMS...WHICH MAY RESULT IN FLOODING PROBLEMS...MAINLY
IN URBAN AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS.
Special weather statement, May 14, 5:33 PM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before
OKZ076-077-049-053-TXZ095-097-TXZ106>112-TXZ124>126-136>138-149>153-
166-167-ARZ050>053-ARZ059>061-ARZ066-ARZ070>073-LAZ001>027-142330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
530 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 1994

..BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER EAST CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 525 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED
A 20 MILE WIDE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL TEXAS THAT WAS
LOCATED FROM CENTER THROUGH APPLEBEE TO BETWEEN GRAPELAND AND CROCKETT
TEXAS. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THIS BAND WERE INDICATED 15
MILES EAST OF GRAPELAND...ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF NACOGDOCHES...
AND NEAR APPLEBEE TEXAS. THESE STRONG STORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS AND SPOTTY HAIL.

MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TO THE NORTH AT NEAR 15 MPH.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL OCCUR OVER EAST TEXAS THIS
EVENING...WITH THE ACTIVITY SPREADING INTO THE REMAINDER OF THE ARKLATEX
LATER TONIGHT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUED IN EFFECT FOR
PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN TEXAS WEST OF A LINE FROM TYLER TO
AUSTIN TEXAS UNTIL 1000 PM CDT. ALONG WITH THE THREAT OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OCCXUR WITH THE
STRONGER STORMS...WHICH MAY RESULT IN FLOODING PROBLEMS...MAINLY
IN URBAN AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison70 min
May 14, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCass, Marion55 min
May 14, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVRusk65 min
May 14, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison, Marion64 min
May 14, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCass64 min
May 14, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie, Cass64 min
May 14, 10:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVMarion38 min
May 14, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCass, Marion61 min
May 15, 12:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVGregg, Harrison57 min
May 15, 2:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVPanola4 hr
May 15, 2:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVHarrison4 hr
May 15, 2:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVHarrison, Panola3 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.